1920
2104
FROM NEGOTIATIONS VIA DIRECT LINE
BETWEEN V. I. LENIN AND I. V. STALIN*

No later than 20 November 1920

Without convening the Politburo I cannot give any answer whatsoever.

I advise you either to submit a concrete proposal at once and immediately bring it before the Politburo, or to act yourself on the basis of the authority Stalin already possesses, or, finally, to hasten your arrival in Moscow to resolve the entire Caucasian question as a whole. In any case it is necessary to strengthen and accelerate the delivery of reinforcements and inform me what exactly your decision is.

Lenin

To Lenin. Reply to the memorandum. Tonight I am departing for Moscow. I am giving Ordzhonikidze instructions to carry out preparatory work and await directives from Moscow. I will speak with the front about accelerating the transfer.

Stalin

Printed from typewritten copy.

10427
EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA WITH I. V. STALIN

November 1920

MEMORANDUM FROM I. V. STALIN

Comrade Lenin!

When will it be possible for me to speak with you about my work at the center (I need about 20 minutes)?

Stalin

*
I. V. Stalin informed V. I. Lenin from Baku of information received by him from G. K. Ordzhonikidze regarding the threat to Soviet Azerbaijan from Menshevik Georgia, which was in fact under the control of foreign imperialists. In reporting the practical measures proposed by comrade Ordzhonikidze, I. V. Stalin asked V. I. Lenin to give the necessary directives on this question.

The first part of the document represents V. I. Lenin's reply to I. V. Stalin's inquiry. The second part is I. V. Stalin's response.

LENIN COLLECTION

REPLY FROM V. I. LENIN

1) Either today (unlikely: already tired)
2) Tomorrow, if there is a session, or come by?
3) On Saturday?

MEMORANDUM FROM I. V. STALIN

It makes no difference to me when; suit yourself according to your convenience and only your convenience (I can come if you say so and when you say so).

2546
DIRECTIVE TO STATE PUBLISHING HOUSE*

26 November 1920

I request that you issue it by the deadline without fail and inform me at once.

Lenin

588.1
ON THE SUBJECT MATTER OF CINEMA NEWSREELS

26 November 1920

Cinema-Photo

1) Maternity homes and child welfare.
2) Palaces converted into children's homes.
3) Wrangel's Front.

13433
DRAFT DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS ON DIRECT TAXES**

30 November 1920

§ 1. 1) Commission the committee to examine additionally within 1 week the question,

first, of the possibility of abolishing local monetary taxes and to gather precise data both for Petrograd and Moscow provinces and, insofar as possible, for other provinces as well;

*
The Deputy Commissar of Nationalities appealed to V. I. Lenin with a request to bring pressure on the State Publishing House, which was delaying the release of a collection of decrees of Soviet power on the national question that had been prepared on V. I. Lenin's instructions for the forthcoming 15 December conference of national workers of the RSFSR.

**
The draft written by V. I. Lenin was adopted by the Council of People's Commissars on 30 November 1920.